Poker set



Sept, 20, 1938. 5 BORDEN 2,130,762

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POKER SET Filed Jan. 30, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 15 t 15 gvwc/wtou I CV4RRD .5. E RDEN Patented Sept. 20, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2Claims.

The present invention relates to card games, and more particular to aset for cards and chips for playing poker and other card games.

An object of the invention is to provide a set 5 of this character whichhas individual stake holders which may be removed from the set 'for easyaccess by the players, and which also has accommodation for cards, sothat the set is compact, easy to carry and easily handled in traveling 1or the like.

Another object is to provide chip holders which support and carry thechips in a row in edgewise relation and with the upper portions of thechips exposed for ready withdrawal as used in the game, and wherein thechips are grouped or segregated according to their representativeValues.

An important object of the invention is to provide a poker set with thestakes already made up and wherein the game maybe proceeded without theusual delay in sorting out the chips and grouping the same according totheir representative values and among the players.

With the foregoing and other objects in view,

the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be moreparticularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a perspective view of a poker set embodying the feature ofthis invention and with the cover of the box thereof removed and turnedup for use as a tray if desired.

Figure 2 is a similar view with one of the stake holders transferred tothe box cover so that the players may each have a stake holder, and withthe cards removed from the box.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the poker set 4 with the cover removed.

Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 4-4 ofFigure 3 near one side of the set.

Figure 5 is a transverse section taken through 45 the set on the line5--5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a like view but showing the pack of cards partly raised outof the box of the set.

Figure '7 is a longitudinal section similar to Figure 4 but showing amodified construction of 50 the set having extra stake holders and decksof cards for use where more than two players are toplay the game; and

Figure 8 is a section of a stake box having a cover, to enable the coverto be used for spare 55 chips.

Referring now to the drawings, the set comprises a box body I I] ofrectangular or other suitable construction and which has a cover or lidH having a marginal flange l2 adapted to overlap the walls of the boxbody l9 when the set is 5 closed, as shown in Figure 4.

Within each end of the box body is placed a stake holder [3. The stakeholder I3 is of deep tray construction and of sufficient width toreceive therein, in vertical edgewise relation, a plu- I0 rality ofchips [4. The tray I3 is of less height than that of the chips I 4 andthe latter are exposed above the tray for easy grasping to withdraw thechips as used in the game. The holder l3 has transverse verticalpartitions i5 suitably l5 spaced apart longitudinally in the holder ortray I3 and providing compartments receiving therein the respectivegroups of the ships according to their representative values, and theside of the holder l3 may have corresponding indicia I6 20 showing thelocations of the various segregated group of chips, the indicia being asshown to indicate the representative values and colors of the chips inthe respective compartments.

The stake holders or trays are of like con- 25 struction and arepreferably of a length corresponding to the interior transversedimensions of the box body Ill so that the holders fit snugly therein.and are held from shifting when the set is packed and transported andhandled. The box 30 body I0 is of sufiicient height to dispose its upperhorizontal plane at least in the horizontal plane of the tops of thepacked chips I 4. The cover is adapted to be removably fitted over thetop of the box to enclose the contents thereof and hold the 35 chips l l'from displacement from the holders l3 when the set is turned over andotherwise jarred and moved.

The holders or trays I3 are of sufiicient width, relatively to eachother and to the length of the 40 boxbody Hi, to provide a cardcompartment l'l within the box body and between the holders IS, thecompartment I! having the desired depth, and sufficient .width toreceive a pack, or a desired number, of cards I8. The width of the boxbody I0 is slightly greater than the length of the cards I8 to hold thelatter in place when the set is shifted. To facilitate the removal ofthe cards, as shown in Figure 6, a lifting tape H3 or the like I may beanchored at one end in the bottom of the card coin'partme'nt I l by anadhesive strip 20, or other suitable means, and the tape I9 is ofsuflicient length to extend beneath the cards l8 to the side of the boxl0 and upwardly beyond the cards with the free end of the tape I9 in poa and its lid for surplus chips.

sition of easy access. As shown in Figure 6, when the tape end is pulledupwardly the stack of cards [8 is raised at one end sufiiciently to begrasped in the fingers so that the entire pack of cards may quickly belifted out of the box [0.

The poker set is in compact box form. When the game is to be played thecover I l is removed from the box [0 and may be used as a tray by one ofthe players, the other player retaining the box I0. One of the made upstakes, the holder I3 with the chips 14 already grouped or sorted outtherein, is lifted out of the box I0 and placed, if desired, in thecover I I while the remaining made up stake remains in the box, bothplayers then having their stakes or chips sorted and held in compactform ready for use.

values in the compartments of the holders 13 so that the chips cannotroll or slide away and are easily accessible at all times. Before thestake holders l3 are disturbed the cards l8 may be quickly removed fromthe box 10 by means of the pull tape IS. The removal of the cards'l8admits easy access to the holders [3 so that either one of them may bereadily lifted out for use by the other player. The purpose of the newset is to admit quick handling of the cards [8 and chips l4 so that thegame may be started quickly without the delay of sorting chips andfinding means for holding the sorted chips in independent stacks,particularly in travelling on trains, airplanes, busses and the like.The chips M are at all times held in their p-ropergroups and the box l0and lid II are so proportioned as to the size of the chips [4 and theirholders l3 as to prevent mixing up of the chips when the set is closedand not in use. I

The set may of course be made larger to accommodate more than twoplayers by providing space for more than two stake holders and more thanone pack or deck of cards. One such modification is disclosed in Figure'7 wherein the box I 0 is of sufiicientdepth to accommodate two stakeholders I3 in each end of the box with the upper stake holders [3resting on the upper edges of the chips I 4 in the lower stake holder.The box ID has a central vertical partition 2| and the box I0 is shorterthan the box ID to support two packs or decks of cards 22 and 23, one ateach side of the partition 2| and between the latter and the adjacentsuperposed stake holders [3; The packs of cards 22 and 23 are supportedin vertical transverse positions and are held in place in the set by thecover II. It will be observed from Figure 7 that the upper edges of thepacks of cards 22 and 23 are exposed above the upper stake holders 13 sothat the cards may be easily and quickly removed from the box. I Thestake holders l3 are maintained intact in the set and may now easily andquickly be distributed to the several players. The game may be startedrapidly, without the usual delay, and the chips M are at all times heldin their respective groups for each player against slipping or rollingand ready for instant access as the game proceeds.

The first and second player can use the box Two other small boxes orcovers can be readily provided for the use of the third and fourthplayers. In the preferred form shown in Figure 8, each stake box I3 isprovided with a cover l3a to enable each player to have a cover forspare chips.

The chips V M are thus stackedin individual groups according to their Apreferred form is tohave the cover of the box provided with a printedtabulation to show the value and number of chips in the box. Forinstance, the tabulation would read as follows:

$20. Poker stakes-2 players 20 White 1 s .20 18 Red 10 1.80 14 Blue 253.50 11 Green 50 5.50

9 Yellow 1.00 9.00

and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the followingclaims.

What is claimed is:

1. A poker set, comprising a box having a cover, a plurality oftransverse stakeholders adapted to be inserted in said box, said stakeholders each having a width to receive in edgewise relation rows ofchips therein, and provided with spaced transverse vertical partitionsto segregate the chips according to their representative values, thewidth of the stakeholders being substantially equal to the diameter ofthe chips, the depths of the stakeholders and of the partitions beingless than the diameter of the chips, to enable the chips to protrudetherefrom, the partitions in the stakeholders providing spaces betweenthe protruding ends of the chips, dividing the segregated chipsaccording to their representations, and a central partition in said boxfor a pack of cards at 'each side of said partition arranged verticallywith their edges on the bottom of the box, a pair of the aforesaidstakeholders arranged so that the bottom of one stakeholder rests on thechips of the stakeholder therebeneath, and that the inner walls of eachpair of stakeholders form a support for the ends of the packs.

2. A poker set, comprising a box having a cover, a plurality oftransverse stakeholders adapted to be inserted in said box, saidstakeholders each having a width to receivein' edgewise and transverserelation rows of chips therein, and provided with spacedtransverse'vertical partitions to segregate the'chips according to theirrepresentative values, the width of the stockholders being substantiallyequal to the diameter of the chips, the depths of the stakeholders andof the partitions being less than the diameter of the chips, to enablethe chips to pro trude therefrom, the partitions in the stakehold ersproviding spaces between the protruding ends of the chips, dividing thesegregated chips according to their representations, apartitio'n in thebox in spaced relation to said stakeholders whereby to admit at leastone deck of cards between said latter partition and the opposite orinner sides of staid stakeholders, a pair of the aforesaid stakeholdersarranged so that the bottom of one stakeholder rests on the chips of thestakeholder therebeneath, and that the inner walls of each pair ofstakeholders form a support for the cards.

HOWARD S. BORDEN.

